Girls from Greece with a thirst for knowledge looking to study sculpture will soon have a new home. Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design is taking up residency in King’s Cross to the delight of residents. Not everyone, however, is so enthused as …
Yesterday saw St Martin-in-the-Fields reopen its revamped and expanded crypt cafe hot on the heels of Sunday’s first church service for 90 weeks following a multi-million pound renewal and restoration project. The 18th century landmark church, which opens onto Trafalgar Square, is dearly loved in …
Put your hand up if you like cartoons. Put your hand up if you experience a surge of happy childhood memories whenever you hear the famous Looney Tunes intro music. Put your hand up if you felt particularly cool and sophisticated while watching a Japanese …
Anyone walking past Holborn Tube is sure to have all kinds of leaflet thrust upon them. But if you were passing by last Friday, you might have ended up with something worthwhile. A group of postgrads from St Martin’s have put together a handy map …
York Way, that dusty street alongside King’s Cross, is abuzz with construction and redevelopment. Nowhere more so than Kings Place (they’re not big on apostrophes in these parts), next to the Regent’s Canal. Come 2008, and a new arts and music venue will be open …
A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways 21. Cecil Court Where? Short pedestrian route between Charing Cross Road and St Martin’s Lane. What? In the heart of glitzy, neon tourist-town, it’s heartening to find such a contrasting bastion of antiquity. The shop fronts …
This Day In London’s History 1759: The British Museum in Bloomsbury opens its doors to the public for the first time. Some may feel that the British Museum these days is little more than a massive boast, bragging about how many cool things the British …
The most beloved Christmas tree in the UK, perhaps the biggest, certainly the one with the most royalty hanging off the boughs, is returning to Trafalgar Square this evening at 5.45pm. As traditional and eagerly anticipated as the lucky loose change embedded in grandma’s Christmas …
The Londonist Literary List appears every Tuesday. If you’d like to bring an event to our attention, please email londonistlit@gmail.com. If you haven’t seen the blog, or spotted them in the Guardian, Post Secret’s conceit is simple – send a postcard airing a single piece …
Spotted (in two senses) on the corner of Cromwell Road and Queen’s Gate (i.e. outside that cultural megosaur, the Natural History Museum). A quick Flickr search reveals that this is not the only one. Since mid-August, similar posters have been appearing all over the place. …
A tribute to the capital’s alleys, ginnels and snickleways. 3. Brydges Place Where? Connects St Martin’s Lane (next to the ENO) to Bedfordbury. What? Catherine Brydges of Chandos, wife of the Fourth Earl of Bedford, must have been delighted to have this back passage named …
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